+---[1]:
|-> installation-prefix: /usr/local/chicken-4.8.0
|-> csc-options: -cc gcc-4.4
|-> repetitions: 10

+---[2]:
|-> installation-prefix: /home/mario/local/chicken-srfi-13-optm
|-> csc-options: -cc gcc-4.4
|-> repetitions: 10

Displaying normalized results (larger numbers indicate better results)

Programs                   [1]       [2]
========================================
string-ci-equal___________1.00______8.51
string-concatenate________1.00______1.09
string-contains___________1.00_____42.10
string-contains-ci________1.00_____39.63
string-drop_______________1.00______3.65
string-drop-right_________1.00______3.93
string-equal______________1.00______4.63
string-join_______________1.00______2.63
string-prefix_____________1.00_____10.40
string-prefix-ci__________1.00_____10.94
string-suffix_____________1.00______6.45
string-suffix-ci__________1.00______6.75
string-take_______________1.00______1.14
string-take-right_________1.00______1.07



Data used to generate the normalized results:


;;
;; 4.8.0
;;
Repeating each program 10 times
Using /usr/local/chicken-4.8.0/bin/csc -cc gcc-4.4

(1/14)  string-ci-equal.........................2.044s
(2/14)  string-concatenate......................32.676s
(3/14)  string-contains.........................59.284s
(4/14)  string-contains-ci......................61.204s
(5/14)  string-drop.............................9.996s
(6/14)  string-drop-right.......................9.7s
(7/14)  string-equal............................2.04s
(8/14)  string-join.............................1.96s
(9/14)  string-prefix...........................8.656s
(10/14) string-prefix-ci........................8.976s
(11/14) string-suffix...........................8.524s
(12/14) string-suffix-ci........................9.072s
(13/14) string-take.............................0.68s
(14/14) string-take-right.......................0.688s

Total run time: 3m40s



;;
;; Master + srfi-13 optimizations
;;
Repeating each program 10 times
Using /home/mario/local/chicken-srfi-13-optm/bin/csc -cc gcc-4.4

(1/14)  string-ci-equal.........................0.24s
(2/14)  string-concatenate......................29.976s
(3/14)  string-contains.........................1.408s
(4/14)  string-contains-ci......................1.544s
(5/14)  string-drop.............................2.732s
(6/14)  string-drop-right.......................2.468s
(7/14)  string-equal............................0.44s
(8/14)  string-join.............................0.744s
(9/14)  string-prefix...........................0.832s
(10/14) string-prefix-ci........................0.82s
(11/14) string-suffix...........................1.32s
(12/14) string-suffix-ci........................1.344s
(13/14) string-take.............................0.592s
(14/14) string-take-right.......................0.64s

Total run time: 50s